Astrobotic

Astrobotic Technology is a Pittsburgh-based lunar logistics company providing delivery services to the Moon through NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The company's Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1) is scheduled for late 2025 delivery to Nobile Crater at the lunar South Pole. NASA modified the CLPS contract after discontinuing the VIPER project due to funding constraints; Griffin will demonstrate large lander capability flying similar mass to VIPER to the South Pole region as a technology demonstration flight. Griffin-1 payloads include Venturi Astrolab's FLIP rover demonstrating core components for the FLEX rover, Astrobotic's CubeRover-1 lunar rover (completed acceptance testing and deemed flight-ready), Carnegie Mellon's Iris Lunar Dream Capsule, and payloads from ESA and NASA. Astrobotic's earlier Peregrine Mission One launched January 8, 2024, aboard Vulcan Centaur's maiden flight but experienced propellant leak preventing lunar landing. Astrobotic was competitively selected by ESA to study delivery of payload packages on Peregrine lunar landers.